The graced journey of fabric from hand to hand and heart to heart, on a blessed trajectory through Alzheimer's disease.

A woman quilts and belongs to a quilting group at her church. That woman develops Alzheimer's disease and can no longer quilt. She has beautiful fabric saved for projects she will never complete. Her husband donates that fabric to her friends in the quilting group. They decide to use her fabric to make quilts for people with dementia. They complete more than twenty beautiful quilts but they need a "distributor" to deliver their quilts into the hands of people with dementia. A woman in my support group suggests me for the distribution role, and after being blessed at the quilter's church, the quilts end up in my hands today.

Ironically, the original quilter, the woman who bought the fabric for her projects and then developed Alzheimer's disease, is a regular attendee of Kingwood Memory Cafe, the nonprofit I co-direct with my friend Donna Composto. I know this woman but did not know of her connection to the quilts until I received them today.

The beauty of this blessing astonishes me. I know these quilts carry the power of prayer in every stitch, and they will enrich the lives of all who receive them. I can hardly wait to hand them out!

Thanks to Carole W (the original quilter) and the quilting group at Strawbridge United Methodist Church for their generosity. You may never know how much this means, but I pray the blessing returns to you.